What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37967 and 37978?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37967 and 37978 is 1.

GCF(37967,37978) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37967 and 37978, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37967 and 37978.

How to find the GCF of 37967 and 37978?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37967 and 37978. After we will calculate the factors of 37967 and 37978 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37967

Prime factors of 37967 are 37967. Prime factorization of 37967 in exponential form is:

37967 = 37967¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37978

Prime factors of 37978 are 2, 17, 1117. Prime factorization of 37978 in exponential form is:

37978 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1117¹

Step-3: Factors of 37967

List of positive integer factors of 37967 that divides 37967 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 37978

List of positive integer factors of 37978 that divides 37967 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1117, 2234, 18989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37967 and 37978. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37967 and 37978 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 37967 and 37978